Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils.[1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1943.
Dinosaurs
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Mandschurosaurus laosensis[2] | Sp. nov. | Nomen dubium | Hoffet | Aptian-Albian | Grès supérieurs Formation |  Laos
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A species of Mandschurosaurus | |
| Pachycephalosaurus[3] | Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Brown & Schlaikjer | Maastrichtian | Lance Formation |  USA
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A new genus which at the time had the type species P. grangeri and includes the new combination for Troodon wyomingensis, P. grangeri is a synonym of P. wyomingensis which is a conserved name | |
| Troodon sternbergi[3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Brown & Schlaikjer | Campanian | Dinosaur Park Formation |  Canada
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A species of Troodon now Hanssuesia sternbergi | |
| Troodon edmontonensis[3] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Brown & Schlaikjer | Maastrichtian | Horseshoe Canyon Formation | Canada
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A species of Troodon now Sphaerotholus edmontonense |
Plesiosaurs
New taxa
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Synapsids
Non-mammalian
| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Location | Notes | Images |
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Valid |
Romer | 237 millions of years ago | The Dicinodont with terrible teeth. |   | ||
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Valid |
Cabrera | 226 millions of years ago | This was a plant-eating Cynodont. | |||
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Valid |
References
- ^ Gini-Newman, Garfield; Graham, Elizabeth (2001). Echoes from the past: world history to the 16th century. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ISBN 9780070887398. OCLC 46769716.
- ^ Hoffet, J.-H. (1943). "Description des ossements les plus caractéristiques appartenant à des Avipelviens du Sénonien du Bas-Laos". Comptes Rendus des Séances du Conseil des Recherches Scientifiques de l'Indochine 1944: 179–186.
- ^ a b c Brown, B. and E.M. Schlaikjer. 1943. A study of the troodont dinosaurs with the description of a new genus and four new species. Bull. Am. Museum. Nat. Hist. 82: pp. 121-149.